HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081641850
Bassin de Mzimvubu
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Alfred Nzo, Sisonke
Sub-basin area
804,8km²
Upstream area
2 854,6km²
Discharge
22,32m³/s
Mean elev.
1 503m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081638930215 km²
- Bassin de Mzimvubu58 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 586.8 km²73.0% of basin
- 217.2 km²27.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Cedarville Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
103.76 km² overlap
Grootvlei Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
1.43 km² overlap
Golden Fleece Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
605 distinct species · 5 098 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Mzimvubu : 29 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
14,6°C
Annual rain
805mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
269mm/an
PET
1 332mm
AET
683mm
Mean slope
8,2°
Water table
535cm
Forest
49%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)